Car-pedestal



(No Model.)

P. M. KLING.

GAE PEDESTAL. No. 404,288. Patented May 28, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER M. KLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR-PEDESTAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,288, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed September 15, 1888. $erial No. 285,438. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER M. KLING, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missoui'i, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Car-Pedestals, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure I is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 11 is a section taken on line II II, Fig. I.

My invention relates to certain improvements in pedestals for street-cars; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents part of a car; 2, one of the wheels; 3, the axle, and 4 one of the journal-boxes. I have shown and will describe the pedestal of one of the boxes. It consists of a casting, 5, having a pair of wings, 6, on each side, which are joined at their outer ends by disks 7, and it is further provided with upwardly-extending projections 8, which receive the journal-box 4.

9 represents a frame, preferably of malleable iron, secured to the car 1, and composed of a horizontal head, 10, which fits against the bottom of the car or its timbers, and which has disks 11 at its outer ends, with flanges 12, receiving the upper ends of springs 13. This frame has downwardly-extending members 14, which straddle the j ournal-box, and fit between the wings 6 of the casting 5 on each side of the box, and are secured at 15 to a strap, 16, connected at 17 by its upper ends to the frame of the car. The straps 16 may be further connected to the car by means of braces 18. The lower ends of the springs 13 rest in the disks 7 of the casting 5, which are provided with flanges 19 to prevent the displacement of the springs.

20 represents bolts passing up through the disks 7, through the springs 13, through the disks 12 of the frame 9, and through the frame 1 of the car, as shown in Fig.1.

The openings in the disks 7 are made larger than the diameter of the bolts 20, so that the casting 5, carrying the journal-box, may move without imparting this movement to the body ofthe car through means of the connection, and, for like reason, the arms 14; are made wide enough to allow a space, 21, between them and the casting 5 or the journal-box. (See Fig. II.)

represents rubber blocks placed between the disks 11 and the frame 1 to deaden the noise and jar and prevent them from being transmitted to the car.

I claim as my invention 1. In a car-pedestal, the combination of the main casting having arms with disks secured to their outer ends, a frame secured to the car-body and having arms embracing the body of the casting and extending below strap secured to the lower end of the frame and connected to the car-body, and springs fitting at top in disks formed upon the frame by means of bolts and at bottom in disks formed upon the casting and connecting-bolts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a car-pedestal, the combination of the casting 5, frame 9, and rubber blocks 30, placed between the frame and the body of the car, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER M. KLING.

In presence of GEO. H. KNIGHT, J 0s. WAHLE. 

